Captain RICK MILES has been on or around boats his entire life. Over the past three decades, the sailor’s life has found Rick fishing year-round on the Grand Banks between Gloucester, Newfoundland, and Norway, or sailing traditional schooners on oceans between Maine and the West Indies. Rick owned and operated the pilot schooner TIMBERWIND out of Rockport, Maine, for 12 years. With no engine on board, he relied solely on the wind, weather, and tide. Rick does all of the repair and engine maintenance on WANDERBIRD with expertise gained from decades as captain aboard several offshore fishing vessels.With Rick’s love of seafaring and his jovial nature, students will come to feel like old friends or shipmates after their first day aboard WANDERBIRD.